SPOILERS Mars is -55c, one would think those potatoes would be useless in minutes. Even if they took an hour, it was hours before he sealed the lab.
Untethered was driving me nuts. So dumb. Bad for science and the movie. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Oct 10, 2015 1:19 AM, "CBB - Jay Fuller" <par...@cyberbroadband.net> wrote: > > the "convertible" didn't throw you? It did me....i mean, really? Now you > just KNEW halfway through that launch the tent tarp would come off....i > mean, you just knew it. > > then again they pointed out the very thin atmosphere....and stuff usually > burns up on re-entry, not taking off. > > but still - are you kidding me? > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Sent:* Monday, October 05, 2015 9:46 AM > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Movie Review > > Minor spoiler alert....... > > > The few complaints are: > Hermes EVA untethered. Not gonna happen. > > Standing in a docking port untethered waiting for a cargo shipment. Not > gonna happen. > > Hermes crew being able to calculate dynamic intercept and explosive > decompression thrust issues in seemingly minutes. Perhaps computers are > that good in that year but the guy on earth had to go physically plug into > a supercomputer to do the same thing and it seemingly took him several > days... (that would not happen either, the physically plugging into the > supercomputer) > > Old lander having a data bus that could interconnect with new stuff. > Perhaps. Maybe there is some kind of old NASA standard data bus like > RS-232. Might could have happened. > > Antenna on old lander looked too small to do the trick. I am thinking if > that was a true replica, it was probably talking to an orbiting relay > spacecraft back when it was still working. > > Video links on Hermes and on Mars seemed to be interlaced analog > video.... Come on! Analog video artifacts too when the power was > blinking. We all understand pixilation, that is what you would truly be > seeing. > > Hydrazine on iridium makes steam, not hydrogen. But even better for > making water. Does not require a flame. > > Ironman thrust vectors would probably not look like what we saw. > > Potatoes would not instantly freeze so hard they would die. Takes time > for the heat to leave them. I think he could have quickly saved a few > viable specimens. > > I positively loved the hexadecimal / ASCII pointer system... That > stroked some dormant but very favorite gray cells in my noggin. > > I wished he had scavenged some of those larger parabolic antennas and > rigged up a high bandwidth link with earth. They could have use the dishes > at Goldstone, Canberra and Madrid to talk to him half of each day. (Of > course with the delay). I imagine he would have had to track the earth so > that may have been pretty difficult to do for any length of time. > > *From:* Patrick Leary <patrick.le...@telrad.com> > *Sent:* Monday, October 05, 2015 6:12 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Movie Review > > > My wife, two teen daughters and I saw Martian this weekend. It was one of > the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time and I’m a movie freak. > Perfect casting and even better script. Matt Damon had a tough job carrying > the film in his scenes, but his use of the station video-based report > filing enables us to get more entertaining dialogue from him (as opposed to > the slightly more I’m-going-crazy-talking-to-myself lines from Tom Hanks in > Castaway talking to “Wilber”). > > > > Throughout the movie Damon is friggin’ great (but those of us who like in > the Bourne movies know his ability to nail a role without coming across as > a cartoon character already knew this). The science seemed just plausible > enough for non-scientists. > > > > Not enough credit in the reviews will be given to the Nasa team cast on > earth, but without it, the movie would have dragged and feeling their > urgency and suspense builds our own. > > > > Just go see it. I cannot imagine any WISP not loving this movie, as it > takes one’s inner geek and shows us how to turn it into total badassery. > > > > Patrick Leary, Telrad > > 727-501-3735 > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Jaime Solorza > *Sent:* Monday, October 5, 2015 12:26 AM > *To:* Animal Farm <af@afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Movie Review > > > > Ha > > On Oct 4, 2015 9:00 PM, "Glen Waldrop" <gwl...@cngwireless.net> wrote: > > > > > > *From:* Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> > > *Sent:* Sunday, October 04, 2015 10:56 AM > > *To:* Animal Farm <af@afmug.com> > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Movie Review > > > > Please no spoilers > > On Oct 3, 2015 7:14 PM, "Daniel White" <afmu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I saw it yesterday. It was one of the best movies I have seen in a long > time. > > > > Two thumbs up. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Daniel White > > afmu...@gmail.com > > Cell: +1 (303) 746-3590 <%2B1%20%28303%29%20746-3590> > > Skype: danieldwhite > Social: LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/danielwhite84>: Twitter > <https://twitter.com/DanielWhite84> > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown > *Sent:* Saturday, October 3, 2015 6:48 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* [AFMUG] OT Movie Review > > > > Martian > > Loved it. > > Much better physics than that silly George Clooney movie. > > And funny too. > > > ------------------------------ > > [image: Avast logo] <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> > > > > > > > > ************************************************************************************ > This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by > PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer > viruses. > > ************************************************************************************ > > > > > > ************************************************************************************ > This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by > PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer > viruses. > > ************************************************************************************ > >
